1. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

YOU MUST - discuss at least 2 social groups (such as teenagers, older adults,
males, females, a range (or not) of people of different ethnic origins) are featured in
your sequence and how you have chosen to represent these groups.
YOU SHOULD - discuss use of positive and negative stereotypes where they occur in
your work.
YOU COULD - give comparisons to representations of different social groups studied
for the work on TV Drama, giving specific examples from programmes studied

This could be a short video with screen shots of the characters and an audio discussion. You
could also produce a prezi or upload a copy of your video and add annotations.
You can also compare with other characters from similar media products that you have
looked at. Key Terms: Counter-type or Stereotype

My media product has represented two different social groups through the use of
camerawork, editing and the use of the story writing.

The first social group i tried to convey was the teenage male as i have used one as
my main character. However i tried to portray a countertype as he is dying in the clip
and his life is very different to what a stereotypical teenager would have. Usually in
films or television dramas, teens are portrayed in a bad manor, usually being looked
down upon as they are lazy and ignorant towards other members of society. They
are also stereotyped as laidback and carefree. This is why i tried to convey the
opposite in my production so that the audience would empathise with him more. For
example the character in my production lives in a house and has a dog as a
companion. He also drinks alcohol which shows his maturity compared to the
childish behaviour of stereotyped teens. The fact that this character has gone to war
is also showing a countertype as he is fighting for a cause and making a difference
rather than being a lazy teenager as depicted in other films or tv series such as Doc
Martin.

Another social group i have portrayed in my production is the use of male characters
only. I have tried to continue the stereotype that males are violent therefore they are
at war and shooting at each other, as compared to females who are stereotypically
not on the front lines of war and are usually caring for injured soldiers rather than
fighting themselves. I used this stereotype by making both characters male to show
the anger and violence between them and show that both males are aggressive.
This stereotype has been shown before in many other war movies such as Fury,
where all the main cast are predominantly male to show that males are typically
fighting wars and not females. There could be a problem with conveying this
stereotype as many people could then assume that most males are aggressive and
violent when a lot of men are not. This could also be seen as negative towards
females who are also soldiers as they might feel that they are not portrayed enough
within the film industry.

To conclude i have used both a stereotype and a countertype within my production

for a bigger impact on the audience as it will create more feelings towards a certain
social group and change how they are seen on the screen.